Broadview Middle School
were asked to bring socks to school this week. The socks will be handed out to homeless shelters in the city.
To get the students excited about the project, the Danbury Trashers hockey team offered to come to the school and give out autographs. So on Thursday, the students excitedly filed into the school gymnasium, getting in line to wait for signatures from the hockey players.
Phil Giubileo
, director of communications for the Trashers, said the team tries to get involved in a variety of fundraisers throughout the year.
"This is a way for the kids to get more involved," Giubileo said. "We like to do various things. We like to get out in the community and help."

Christine Miller
, a social skills counselor at the school, said the students take part in community service projects throughout the year. "Our students volunteer all year long," she said.
The Trashers agreed to help the students with a community service project every month, Miller said.
Miller said that the city's shelters "like to give people a fresh pair of socks because when they're on the street their feet get wet."
Also at the school on Thursday was
Mark Stirling
, a volunteer at the
First Church
, which has an overflow shelter. He was there to formally thank the students. "This is what Christmas is all about," Stirling said.
Sixth-grader
Ryker Kallas
said he brought in an unworn white pair that he found in his drawer. "I always had them. I just never bothered to wear them and I saw them and said, 'Hey look.'"